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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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American Standard Version
Do
you
not
know
, brothers
(for I am
speaking
to those
who know the law), that the law has
authority
over a man only
as
long as he lives
?
Or
are
ye
ignorant
, brethren
(for I speak
to men
who know the law), that the law hath
dominion
over a man for
so
long time
as he liveth
?
For instance,
a
married
woman is bound by law to her
husband as
long
as
he lives.
But if her
husband dies
, she is released
from the law of marriage
.
For the
woman that
hath
a
husband
is bound by law to the
husband while
he liveth;
but if the
husband die
, she is discharged
from the law of the
husband
.
So then ,
if she is
joined to another man while
her
husband
is
still
alive
, she is
called an adulteress ;
but if her
husband dies
, she is free from that
law and
is not
an
adulteress, even
if
she marries
another man.
So then if ,
while
the
husband
liveth,
she be
joined to another man, she shall
be
called an adulteress :
but if the
husband die
, she is free from the
law ,
so
that
she
is no
adulteress, though
she be
joined
to
another man.
Therefore
, my brothers
, you
also died
to the law through the body of Christ ,
that you
might
belong
to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in
order
that we might bear
fruit to
God.
Wherefore
, my brethren
, ye
also were
made
dead
to the law through the body of Christ ;
that ye
should
be
joined
to another, `even'
to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring
forth
fruit unto
God.
For when we lived
according
to
the flesh, the sinful passions aroused
by
the law were
at
work
in our bodies,
bearing
fruit for
death.
For when we were
in
the flesh, the sinful passions ,
which
were
through
the law ,
wrought
in our members
to
bring
forth
fruit unto
death.
But now ,
having
died
to
what
bound
us,
we have been released
from the law, so that we serve in the
new
way
of the Spirit, and not in the
old
way
of the written
code
.
But now we have been discharged
from the law, having
died
to
that
wherein
we
were
held;
so that we serve in newness
of the spirit, and not in oldness
of the letter
.
What then
shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly
not!
Indeed
, I would
not have
been
mindful
of
sin if
not
for
the law .
For I would
not have
been
aware
of
coveting if
the law had not
said, “Do
not covet .”
What shall we say then
? Is the law sin? God
forbid.
Howbeit
, I had
not known
sin ,
except
through
the law :
for I had
not known
coveting ,
except
the law had said, Thou
shalt
not covet :
But sin, seizing
its
opportunity
through
the
commandment
, produced
in me every
kind
of covetous
desire.
For apart from the law ,
sin is dead.
but sin, finding
occasion
, wrought
in me through
the
commandment
all
manner
of coveting:
for apart from the law sin `
is '
dead.
Once
I was alive apart from the law ;
but when the commandment came, sin sprang
to
life
and I died .
And
I was alive apart from the law once:
but when the commandment came, sin revived,
and I died ;
So
I
discovered
that
the very
commandment that
was meant
to
bring
life actually
brought
death .
and
the commandment ,
which
`
was '
unto
life ,
this
I
found
`to
be'
unto
death :
For sin, seizing
its
opportunity
through the commandment ,
deceived
me and through the
commandment
put
me to
death
.
for sin, finding
occasion,
through the commandment beguiled
me ,
and through it
slew
me.
So then,
the law is holy, and the commandment is
holy, righteous, and good.
So that
the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and
righteous, and good.
Did that which is good ,
then,
become death to
me? Certainly
not!
But in
order
that
sin might be exposed
as
sin, it
produced
death in
me through what
was
good ,
so
that through the commandment sin might become utterly
sinful.
Did then
that which is good become death unto
me? God
forbid.
But sin ,
that
it
might be shown
to
be
sin, by
working
death to
me through that
which
is
good ;
--
that through the commandment sin might become exceeding
sinful.
We know that the law is spiritual ;
but I am unspiritual
, sold as
a
slave
to
sin.
For
we know that the law is spiritual :
but I am carnal
, sold under
sin.
I do not
understand
what
I do.
For what I want
to
do
, I
do
not
do .
But what I hate, I do.
For
that
which
I do I know
not:
for not
what I would
, that
do I
practise;
but what I hate, that
I do.
And
if I
do
what I do
not want
to
do, I admit
that
the law is good.
But
if what I would
not ,
that
I
do, I consent
unto
the law that
it
is good.
In
that
case,
it is no longer
I who
do it, but it
is
sin living
in me that
does
it
.
So
now
it is no more
I that
do it, but sin which
dwelleth
in me.
I know that nothing
good
lives
in me, that is, in my flesh ;
for I
have
the
desire
to do
what
is good
, but I
cannot
carry
it
out
.
For
I know that in me, that is, in my flesh ,
dwelleth
no
good
thing:
for to will
is present
with
me
, but to
do
that
which
is
good
`is'
not
.
For I
do
not
do
the good I want
to
do.
Instead,
I keep
on
doing
the evil I do
not want
to
do
.
For the good which
I would
I do
not:
but
the evil which
I would
not ,
that
I
practise
.
And
if I
do
what I do
not want
, it is no longer
I who
do it, but it
is
sin living
in me that
does
it
.
But
if what I would
not, that
I
do,
it is no more
I that
do it, but sin which
dwelleth
in me.
So
this
is
the
principle
I have
discovered:
When
I
want
to do good, evil is right
there
with
me
.
I find
then
the
law,
that,
to me
who
would
do good, evil is present
.
For in
my
inner
being
I delight in God’s
law .
For I delight in the
law of
God
after
the
inward
man:
But I see another
law at
work
in my body
, warring against the law of my mind and holding
me captive
to
the law of sin that
dwells
within
me
.
but I see a
different
law in my members
, warring against the law of my mind ,
and bringing
me into
captivity
under
the law of sin which
is
in
my
members
.
What
a
wretched man I am! Who will
rescue
me from
this
body of death?
Wretched man that
I am! who shall
deliver
me out
of
the
body of this
death?
Thanks
be
to
God ,
through Jesus Christ our Lord !
So then ,
with my
mind I
serve the law of God ,
but with my
flesh I
serve
the law of sin.
I
thank
God through Jesus Christ our Lord .
So then I
of
myself
with the
mind ,
indeed,
serve the law of God ;
but with the
flesh the law of sin.
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